http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/ Extreme Programming Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:49:19 GMT George Dinwiddie http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152277 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152277 ... Perhaps it's the people who have maintained the building as separate offices and no shared working space over 20 years. Buildings can change. It always Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:37:27 GMT Craig Davidson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152276 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152276 Hi Sean, I think going for great people over co-location is a good move. A long time ago, a group of smart people once agreed that they valued "people over Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:13:16 GMT Ron Jeffries http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152275 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152275 Hello, madbad. On Sunday, November 8, 2009, at 10:49:46 PM, you ... The walls are all structural and built of concrete? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:11:39 GMT Clive Evans http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152274 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152274 ... When I was being forced into accepting a distributed team, I argued 1 1/2 times, but it was a gut feel. Is there somewhere I can find these figures so I Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:42:17 GMT Bill Caputo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152273 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152273 ... The vast majority of card-based solutions I've seen could be mounted on a cork board that could itself be secured (e.g. in an office). Alternately, you Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:01:57 GMT madbad http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152272 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152272 ... I think the rationale is more: if sensitive information is leaked, they want to know which small set of employees had access to it, so appropriate Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:50:12 GMT madbad http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152271 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152271 ... Not sure I understand. It's not any "furniture police" that keep us from having a team room, it's the well-meaning? architects who built the building 20 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:07:10 GMT JeffGrigg http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152270 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152270 ... And who is it who lets your compeditors walk through your office??? If your work is "sensitive," then you need a secure area in which to work. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:56:34 GMT George Dinwiddie http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152269 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152269 ... Jerry Weinberg once told me that the people with the most influence over methodology are the furniture police. Why are they in control? ... Get a "pocket Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:40:12 GMT madbad http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152268 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152268 ... Software. The status (or specifically the status of each story) is deemed sensitive because it would tell our competitors which features will likely be in Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:34:43 GMT daswartz@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152267 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152267 Hello Sean, ... In 1999, we were beginning to build a relatively small system; our first XP project. We had Ron Jeffries in to mentor/coach us. We were all Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:34:30 GMT madbad http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152266 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152266 ... That's another impediment we face: no team room. Everyone sits in separate 10x10 offices. Can't effectively seat more than two developers per due to lack Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:01:34 GMT Sean Corfield http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152265 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152265 ... Yup. Pretty much the best in their industry area. And the team did great work in a very short space of time. Could we have done more / better if we were Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:28:49 GMT Ron Jeffries http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152264 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152264 Hello, Sean. On Sunday, November 8, 2009, at 4:21:38 PM, you ... There is no mitigation that comes close. Teams use Skype, webcams on their desks, big tv Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:28:11 GMT Ron Jeffries http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152263 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/152263 Hello, Sean. On Sunday, November 8, 2009, at 4:21:38 PM, you ... Yes ... and the best figures for the value of collocation seem to indicate that it's twice as